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Chicago-area United Methodists last month voted to divest from companies doing business with Israel, including Caterpillar and General Electric. A few weeks later, in July, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), whose annual convention was outside Chicago, appreciatively gave the Northern Illinois Conference of United Methodism its Interfaith Unity Award.
"At the national level, the Islamic Society of North America has found a close ally in The United Methodist Church," ISNA's program cooed, "both working together in campaigning for social justice, peace and equity." No doubt. Apparently ISNA did not specifically cite the Chicago-area United Methodist stance against Israel. But presumably this policy only enhanced ISNA's commendation for United Methodism's "remarkable" solidarity.
Of course, no direct mention was made during the award ceremony of ISNA's having been named in 2007 as an unindicted conspirator in the Holy Land terrorist financing case. According to the Dallas Morning News, court documents showed that the Islamic Society of North America was "an integral part of the [Muslim] Brotherhood's efforts to wage jihad against America through non-violent means." But National Council of Churches chief Michael Kinnamon was present for the Chicago Interfaith Unity Award. And ISNA's website advertises Kinnamon's own effusive defense of ISNA from last year.